Confused about PV connectors? Words matter
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Labs have created a new nomenclature for PV connectors to reduce confusion amongst installers and developers, while improving deployment practices. They catalogued a sampling of twenty-five commercially available 4 mm connectors.
JA Solar unveils 650 W TOPCon module for desert PV projects
JA Solar has launched DesertBlue, a 650 W tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) module for desert PV projects, featuring self-cleaning glass, reinforced frames, and heat-tolerant design with desert-specific certification.
Solaires Entreprises ships indoor perovskite PV modules to first customer
Solaires Enterprises, a Canadian perovskite startup, has begun supplying indoor PV modules for integration into sensor devices, marking its first commercial shipment.
Lithium ion battery company Energy Renaissance goes into administration
The New South Wales-based lithium ion battery company Energy Renaissance has gone into administration, just months after celebrating a decade in business.
The Hydrogen Stream: SECI’s 9th green ammonia auction yields record-low price of INR 49.75/kg
Solar Energy Corp. of India’s (SECI) ninth green ammonia auction under the SIGHT Scheme (Mode-2A) has yielded an all-time low tariff of INR 49.75/kg for green ammonia supply of 1,00,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) at IFFCO Paradeep.
Chinese polysilicon prices stabilize after five-week 31% rally
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
pv magazine Homeowner Guide: Finding the right solar installer
pv magazine is compiling a guide to home solar installations, aimed at those who are interested in installing but are new to the market and want to make an informed decision. We have spoken to associations, installers and industry specialists in major solar markets across the globe to compile best practice guidance and advice that aims to be applicable to home solar installations anywhere in the world.
Advantage of back-contact solar modules in shading scenarios is limited to specific conditions, study finds
Researchers from Trina Solar and China’s Nanchang University claim to have verified that back-contact solar modules outperform TOPCon modules only when fewer than three cells in a substring are shaded. Their findings were published in a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
Jinko edges past Longi in first-half solar shipments as TOPCon dominates
InfoLink Consulting says global module shipments rose 10% to 247.9 GW in the first half of 2025, with JinkoSolar narrowly pushing past Longi and tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) tech accounting for more than 94% of the total.
Tongwei achieves 31.4% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
Chinese researchers, led by a research team from PV Technology Center of Tongwei Co., Ltd, used a sequential annealing process in the fabrication of tandem solar cells, featuring a wide bandgap perovskite top cell on a fully-textured commercial crystalline silicon heterojunction bottom cell. The resulting device had a certified power conversion efficiency of 31.4%, outperforming a 29.43%-efficient control cell.
